Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion announced for Xbox 360, PS3
- October 09, 2008 01:10 AM PST
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Namco Bandai has announced that their Sony-only fighting series Tekken will hit both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.
The announcement comes as yet another high-profile defection for a traditionally Sony-only series. All previous Tekken games, with the exception of the GBA spinoff Tekken Advance, have been exclusive to Sony consoles.
By confirming that Tekken 6 will launch on the Xbox 360 as well as the PlayStation 3, Namco Bandai joins a growing list of developers who are abandoning old Sony ties to take a multi-platform approach to game development. Other recent examples of top Sony series heading to the Xbox 360 have included Grand Theft Auto IV, Soul Calibur IV, Devil May Cry 4, and most surprisingly, Final Fantasy XIII (a move announced at E3 2008).
The fact that Tekken 6 will land on the Xbox 360 as well as the PS3 can only be seen as a win for Microsoft, who has struggled to be taken seriously among Japanese game publishers. But with the Xbox 360's worldwide numbers currently eclipsing those of the PlayStation 3, more and more publishers are finding that a multi-platform development strategy is paying off.
Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion will arrive on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Fall of 2009.
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- Oct 09 2008 at 12:57:08:AM PST
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Sonys cheap ass done let another 1 go, what the hell, they need to drop some dollaz to keep something exclusive. Oh well, Namco needs to get paid in these hard times too, game on.
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It just doesn't make much business sense to keep a game exclusive to one console (especially now that a Sony console isn't dominating the market) and I think we'll see this trend continue as the cost of making games increases. I still don't know why people are so anal about exclusivity, after all the door swings both ways and you guys will get more Xbox 'exclusives' on your console.
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This is awesome I've always loved the tekken series played and every single one.....Now I need to find a 360 controller with a decent d-pad......
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thats cool for the 360 owners but im still gonna buy this game for the PS3, fighting games are better with the PS3 Controller, but thats just my opinion.
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This had to happen eventually. Soul Calibur went to multiple systems. Why not this one?
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greensabre wrote:
It just doesn't make much business sense to keep a game exclusive to one console (especially now that a Sony console isn't dominating the market) and I think we'll see this trend continue as the cost of making games increases. I still don't know why people are so anal about exclusivity, after all the door swings both ways and you guys will get more Xbox 'exclusives' on your console.
finally, someone with an I.Q. greater that their shoe size!! you just made my day :) exclusivity only hurts gaming as a whole. games should be made available to anyone on any system. when a game is made multi-plat, everyone wins; gamers, devs, and believe it or not, even the console manufacturers......Multi-Plat FTW!!!!!
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Awesome! I've always loved Tekken. It's just too bad we have to wait until fall of next year.
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sonyboy69 wrote:
Wickerman2 wrote:
This had to happen eventually. Soul Calibur went to multiple systems. Why not this one?
Soul Calbur hasnt been on 1 system since the 1st game n003
I think thats what his implying sonyboy. Soul Edge was PS1 exclusive, Soul Calibur went to the Dreamcast, SC2 went multiplate form, SC3 PS2 exclusive, and you know the story with SC4. Take it easy on the kid sonyboy.
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